Informed consent was obtained from the patients also for the use of the pictures in the manuscript. Ethical approval were waived for this study because it is a report of a case, in which no experimental therapy was prescribed.
Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Germano Orrù:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1032-4431Gloria Denotti:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6946-9876Murgia Martina :https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-098XCasu Cinzia :https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-2712
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